#8A897E#8A897E

#8A897E is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.016 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A897E
RGB	rgb(138, 137, 126)
HSL	hsl(55, 5%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 9%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 8.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.88, -1.70, 6.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.88, 6.27, 105.73°)
OKLab	oklab(62.77% -0.0035 0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(62.77% 0.016 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.1923, 24.8011, 23.2999)
Luminance	0.2480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A897E #7E7F8A

analogous

#8A837E #8A897E #858A7E

triadic

#8A897E #7E8A89 #897E8A

tetradic

#8A897E #7E8A83 #7E7F8A #8A7E85

square

#8A897E #7E8A83 #7E7F8A #8A7E85

split-complementary

#8A897E #7E858A #837E8A

monochromatic

#4A4A43 #6A6A60 #8A897E #A7A69E #C4C4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#8A897E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#8A897E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A897E

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A897E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A897E	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B887D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C897E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8786

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a897e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 137, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.016 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acaba3',
    500: '#8a897e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a897e;
$custom-light: #acaba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a897e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 4.878,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62768,
    "c": 0.01615,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A897E

secondary

#AFB0B5

accent

#7EAE7A

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F3

border

#CECECD

text

#10100F

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A897E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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